Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot

A quirky, low-budget space romp full of deadpan satire and absurd situations, like a lo-fi cosmic sketch show.

Created by

Dennis Jacobsen, Randa Chahoud

Genres

Comedy, Sci-fi & fantasy

Starring

Nora Tschirner, Oliver Jahn, Peter Princz

Overview

Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot is a satiric German television series loosely based on the series of science fiction stories The Star Diaries by Stanisław Lem. The television series was created by Randa Chahoud, Dennis Jacobsen, and Oliver Jahn with Jahn playing the protagonist, space traveller Ijon Tichy. The major female role is played by Nora Tschirner. The first season was aired from 26 March 2007 on ZDF on Mondays at 23:55 hours. Each episode used to be published online as a streaming video one week before the airing on ZDFmediathek, an online repository operated by that channel. In November 2011, the second season was aired on ZDFneo. Both seasons are available on DVD.

How it feels

Absurd, satirical, whimsical and light. Brisk and needs your attention.

About

Isolation, identity, technology, exploration

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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